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I'M NOT A CAT, SAID EMERALD
Written by Jane Thayer. Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman.
Stock no. 1824768
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Emerald was a cat who didn't know he was a cat. He thought he was people... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437794067. A few minor marks to boards. Previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear board. Contents clean.

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I'M NOT A CAT, SAID EMERALD
Written by Jane Thayer. Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman.
Stock no. 1324015
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition.

Emerald was a cat who didn't know he was a cat. He thought he was people... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437794067. Second impression. Slight bumping to spine. Neat barcode label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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SPARKY: THE STORY OF A LITTLE TROLLEY CAR
Written by Hardie Gramatky. Illustrated by Hardie Gramatky.
Stock no. 2140557
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Green spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. The story of 'Sparky' an over imaginative little 'trolley car' (a single deck electric tram) who somehow cannot keep his mind on his work. Wear along cover edges. Name in pencil to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; child's doodle and writing in pencil to rear panel.

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ALGERNON AND THE PIGEONS
Written by Valdine Plasmati. Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura.
Stock no. 2140205
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some light wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and browning.

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THE RED DOOR
Written by Edith Raymond Locke. Illustrated by Anne R. Goodman.
Stock no. 1323071
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st UK 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What child has not felt the strangeness, and perhaps even real fear, of moving to a new house? How Peter's parents use the red door to his old room as a way of making him feel secure and happy in his new home. Pictorial boards. Illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly foxed and edge rubbed with a couple of small closed tears at edges.

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JACK-O'-LANTERN
Written by Edna Barth. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 2138748
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437258041. Browning to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small marks; appears that front flap has had a slither cut off edge.

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THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE OR THE WONDERFUL ONE-HOSS SHAY
Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 2138747
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Some light wear to cover edges. Top corner of front endpaper has been cut off. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; a few bits of loss; some creasing.

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TIMOTHY AND MADAM MOUSE A NON-ABC BOOK
Written by Jane Thayer. Illustrated by Don Madden.
Stock no. 2123794
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1972. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Not a traditional ABC book - but still teaching children their letters. Two-tone illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0437794091. Small splits to top and tail of spine, with a little loss. Wear along cover edges. Small patch of surface paper damage to top of front cover. Foxing to covers. Some browning to pages.

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PETERKIN POLLENSNUFF
Written by Jenny Partridge.
Stock no. 1812826
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Oakapple Wood story. Small format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437661733. SIGNED and dated by the author to free front endpaper. A few indentations to front board, corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a couple of small closed tears (no loss) and slightly grubby.

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OTTO IN AFRICA
Written by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1402586
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

The story of Otto's first medal earned years ago when he was just a giant puppy. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 0437348237. Spine and corners bumped. Small dent to top of front board. Contents generally clean.

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THE GREAT FLOOD
Written by Peter Spier. Illustrated by Peter Spier.
Stock no. 2112582
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

A picture books with minimal text. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437765121. 2nd impression. Spine a bit faded. Some browning to covers. Bookplate to half-title page. Light page browning.

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THE PEDALLING MAN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.
Stock no. 1108841
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about animals, people, both big and small, and about those things and those moments in life that are worth holding on to. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 33 pages. ISBN: 043746704X. SIGNED with dedication by the author to free front endpaper (For The Creators of Tindlebaum, Unlimited, from a Very Grateful Russ). Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is grubby and unevenly faded.

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